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Collection consists of personal, business and polititcal papers of A. A. Jones. Approximately half of the collection contains the Jones Family papers which includes personal and business records, land grant case records pertaining to the Preston Beck and Anton Chico land grants, correspondence, pamphlets and miscellaneous clippings. The second half of the collecton is related to his political involvement in the Democratic Party in New Mexico.

Photocopies of various Spanish and Mexican documents related to Pueblo tribes of New Mexico. Land titles and land grants are the subject of the bulk of these materials, although some relate to intra-tribal affairs. Among the Pueblos mentioned are Laguna, Isleta, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Zia, Santa Ana, Jemez and Taos. All documents are in Spanish, some have attached English translations.

Collection consists of a "Reply to Defendants' Brief," Henry Clark et al., complainants vs. The Maxwell Land Grant, defendant.

Collection consists of the Jemez Pueblo (N.M.) land grant and plat map, signed by Abraham Lincoln.

Research notes, essays, and copies of historic documents pertaining to aspects of the history of Santa Fe, NM including Sena Plaza, Santa Fe businesses, and Santa Fe street names. Also included are an assessment of the Office of the Cadestral Engineer relative to lands, wills, and other matters; copy of the land grant to Juana Lujana within the San Ildefonso Pueblo Grant, 1765; an account of the death of Jesus Maria Luna y Baca on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, 1888.

Collection consists of documents involving a broad range of land matters in New Mexico. Includes deeds, mortgages, and other materials.

Petition of City of Santa Fe to the United States in Court of Private Land Claims to receive 4 square leagues in square form with then present plaza or public square.

Collection contains one field book (No. 2) of the Santa Fe Gold and Copper Mining Company. Notes, dated 1916, are land and encroachment surveys for the San Pedro Grant [granted 1820 near Placitas], San Pedro Placer Mining Claim, and Cañon del Agua Grant [granted 1844 near Placitas]. Book also includes notes for work done for A. E. Marsh.

Collection consists of typed English translations of selected documents from Series I and II of the Spanish Archives of New Mexico. Series I consists of land records, and Series II consists of government documents. For most of the documents, the W.P.A. translator is not identified.

This collection contains published United States Senate documents concerning land grant claims from Spanish settlers, their heirs or descendants that were established when Spain held the land. After New Mexico became part of the United States, the Surveyor-General of the United States was responsible for reviewing claims and forwarding recommendations to the U. S. Senate. Cases in the collection only address a limited number of New Mexico claims from the 1880s.

Collection contains four volumes of the survey. Volume 1 contains the 1877 survey and field notes. All three volumes contain testimonies and interviews of witnesses produced in 1908. The "True Survey" is a copy from Records Group 49 held at the National Archives, Washington D.C. Volume 1 (pages 1-237); Volume 2 (pages 238-589); Volume 3 (pages 590-866). Volume 4 holds miscellaneousl Brazito Land Grant materials.

Collection contains maps (moved to map collection) and papers related to land transfers in the area of Watrous, New Mexico.